This isn't meant to be a political statement but there is something interesting going on in NC right now. I'm not going to take a position one way or the other in this article but I do want to make a point that I think is of interest to some of my readers. The interesting item has to do with tolls on NC Ferries. It turns out that the legislature...

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Last week I went to the STC Metrolina chapter in Charlotte. The chapter has a number of student members and a couple professors from UNC Charlotte in their  membership. Next week I go to Virginia Tech to give a talk to some students about DITA and how it relates to them and their future. I consider this a part of my responsibility as a DITA ad...

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A quick look at two STC events that I had the honor to participate in this week. An interesting view of the future and a surprise that came my way.

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The Ides of March came and went. We are in the midst of March Madness and I am having an interesting beginning to my spring. This weekend started it all. I walked (I won't say marched because we didn't do that) with some fellow alumni in the St. Patrick's Day Parade in NYC. I ended my weekend there by attending services at St. Patrick's...

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For some reason, I woke up this morning thinking about my paternal grandfather. I never met the man but I learned a little bit about him by looking up my dad's birth certificate in the National Archives microfiche library years ago. (This is not a task to be undertaken with young children in tow.) My grandfather came to Puerto Rico from Spain and h...

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Like most folks I know in technical communications (heck, writers in general), I'm a chocoholic. I know, it's a weakness, but it's one that I don't particularly care to fix. I enjoy chocolate in almost all its formulas and I'll try anything that's chocolate-coated at least once. A few months ago, one of my favorite chocolate bars (which I will n...

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The other day I got a text message from my son that said, "I told Jacob to draw a truck and this is what he did." While this isn't exactly the clearest image of a truck you'd ever see, it's not so bad considering the child is only 2 1/2. However, it's not as mature as a drawing done by an older child or a photograph of a truck. The same can be ...

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